How Grace1 started their logo design journey

Company name

Good Shepherd Church

Overview

Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, http://www.gsumc.org is a modern, evangelical congregation located in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina.
The church currently averages over 1500 people in three Sunday worship services. Good Shepherd is known throughout the region for its innovative worship, broad outreach, and racially & ethnically diverse population.

The church’s rallying cry is Walking Together. As the people of the church walk towards Christ-likeness, they measure their progress according to five “milestones”: filling, growing, serving, loving, and inviting. The staff and leaders base all programming on the Walking Together milestones. The people of the church have found this simple, focused model to be an effective means of harnessing energy and creativity.

While modern in its approach to worship and ministry, Good Shepherd holds strongly to ancient beliefs and doctrines. We need a new, fresh logo that reflects our dynamic church.

Tell us a bit about who you are and the people you reach

Our target audience is international and diverse. Our community includes people from all walks of life, a range of ages and life experiences. The logo does not need to look old, or young, hip or traditional, urban or suburban - we are all of those things here!

Requirements

wants:
simple and bold
forward thinking and modern
memorable
must tranlate well in both black and white as well as color
a vector format (Photoshop or Illustrator)

Text should say:
Good Shepherd Church, or
Good Shepherd Church: A United Methodist Community

do not want:
t's made into crosses
stylized people with hands up or in a circle
stereotypical churchy feel
no flowers